Terrorists barge into the crowded House of Representatives and open fire. Within minutes, more than 100 members of congress and staff lay wounded, dead, or dying on the floor of the nerve-center of American democracy. The nation is shocked, the armed forces are on alert. Enter James Burlane, alias Sid Khartoum, bearing a commission from the President himself. Burlane, a former CIA agent, maverick, gourmet, wit, cynic, and patriot, asks the old question,...